Doridar t1_iszb0fq wrote on October 19, 2022 at 8:08 PM Reply to Natural Selection Driven by the Black Death Linked to Modern-Day Autoimmune Disease: Analysis of DNA from over 200 remains shows that the Black Death selected for immune gene variants that are also risk factors for autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease. by rjmsci I recall a research from the hight of AIDS pandemic about descendants of bubonic plague survivors who had différent T cells that gave them protection against HIV infection. If I remember it correctely, it was a recessive transmission. Should you have both genes, You were fully protected; only from one parent, you could be infected but would but develop the disease Permalink 5
Doridar t1_iszb0fq wrote
Reply to Natural Selection Driven by the Black Death Linked to Modern-Day Autoimmune Disease: Analysis of DNA from over 200 remains shows that the Black Death selected for immune gene variants that are also risk factors for autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease. by rjmsci
I recall a research from the hight of AIDS pandemic about descendants of bubonic plague survivors who had différent T cells that gave them protection against HIV infection. If I remember it correctely, it was a recessive transmission. Should you have both genes, You were fully protected; only from one parent, you could be infected but would but develop the disease